Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3804, Elias Freedenburg, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Freidenburg Elias or Fridenburg, or Fredenburgh, or Friedenburg
R 3804
CONTENTS

In the matter of Chas. Friedenburg
Declaration for Pension
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patrol & desultory service for a period of 12 mo. which must have been less than 6 mo. actual service corps not embodied

State of New York Chautauqua County
Elias Funderburg personally appearing before me the undersigned a judge of Chautauqua County, Clerk, oaths and deposes in addition to his statement of services in the declaration hereto annexed, and in pursuance of the requirements of the War Department, that the reason of his withdrawing as mentioned in his said declaration, was as follows, that Col. Livingston gave order to call Capt. in his Regiment to leave a certain number of Minute Men, that if the number required did not volunteer, they must be drafted; that at this time he belonged to a company of Militia commanded by Capt. Conrad Bline, and that he preferred the name of Volunteer to drafted man, & so volunteered as stated in his declaration. He always supposed that Col. Livingston was competent and had authority to call out and embody the troops among whom he served as a Minute man, but can not swear as to his authority. For the greater part of his term of service as stated in the said declaration, he was in Living-

two Men. This Manor contains a large tract of Country, and has since been divided in several Towns. Over all this tract he has repeatedly marched, also on time marched to a place some distance from the Manor called Hinsdale in pendent of Toin. During the Winter of the year in which he served, he was called to a place near Fishkill called Pahquong as near as he can intimate, forty miles distant from the Manor in pendent of Toin, during the summer of the year in which he served, and soon after the time when one John Hardwick was killed by a gang of Toin, he was called out in pursuit of said Toin, who were then in said Manor. He assisted in taking and hanging the Capt. of the gang, whose name was Mangan. The Company of these Toin's was Mangan's Command consist of thirty two in number. He was almost constantly in pursuit of robbers, and Toin. During the year of his service, & when not so engaged he attended a little to a farm. The above statement is all in addition to his farm, on which his money allows him to make. As to his officers and the embodying of the Corps and their authority he can not

Makes oaths further than has already been made. Col. Livingston was a Militia Officer; and he with Capt. Robinson and Lieut. Mathews were some of the time afore- said called away to New York during this affair. Lieut. Dyker had the com- mand of the company to which he be- longed. And further this deponent saith not.
Subscribed & sworn to the 7th day of June 1833 before me.
by Elias + Fendrick mark
Levi Bigelow A Judge of Chenango Court
State of New York, S.S. Chenango County
I, Mary R. Mygale, a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid, hereby certify that Levi Bigelow, before whom the above affidavit was made, was on the fourth day of June 1833 and now is a Judge of Chenango Common Pleas, and that the signature above purporting to be his is genuine.
I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office this June 8th 1833.
Mary R. Mygale Notary Public
and till about a dozen years ago

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of New-York } Chautauqua County } ss:—
On this 13th day of February 1833 personally appeared in open Court, before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Elias Dirden being a resident of Bainbridge in the County of Chautauqua and State of New-York, aged eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
While residing in the town of Auburn, in Livingston County, in Dutchess County in the State of New-York, he enlisted as a volunteer Militiaman into the Regiment commanded by Col. Peter Livingston about the middle of April in the year 1776, as near as he can recollect, at least he is sure he enlisted in April of the year in which the British took possession of New-York. Harry In-Brooks was the Major of said Regiment. The officers of the company to which he belonged were as follows, James Robinson Capt. John Van Buren 1st Lieut. Cornelius Dyer 2nd Lieut. Nicholas Brice ensign, all said officers being residents of Livingston Manor. He continued in said Regiment & Company till the middle of April in the next year 1777, as he thinks, well remembering that he served in said Company, under his enlistment, one year, at the expiration of which time he was discharged. His discharge was not in writing. He has not the honour of being in battle at any time during his service.
He has no documentary evidence or living witness of his service. He was stationed at Livingston Manor and served in and about its vicinity. Since the Revolution he has lived in the said town of Auburn, till about a dozen years ago, when he

removed to the Town of Milford in Orange Co. N.Y. where he remained till about one year ago when he came to the Town of Bainbridge. Chas. N.Y. of which last aforesaid Town he is now a resident. He has no record of his age, but as he always learned from his parents, he was born on the twentieth day of February in the year 1749 in the Town of Harnam aforesaid. There is no clergyman in his neighborhood to whom he is sufficiently known to obtain his certificate he therefore offers those of his neighbors named in the certificate below.
We hereby certify that any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declaring that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of the Army State.
Sworn to and subscribed by Elias his Friedenburg The day and year aforesaid Saml P.B. Prindle Dep Clerk 3 Horace Dufur Witnesses
We Daniel Melundy residing in the Town of Bainbridge and Gideon Friedenburg residing in the same town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Elias Friedenburg who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty four years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides. He has been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Daniel Melundy Gideon his Friedenburg mark Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid P.B. Prindle Dep Clerk 2 Horace Dufur Witnesses
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.

And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that David Belknap who has signed the preceding Certificate is a writt in the Town of Bainbridge, and that Richard Linscomb who has also signed the same is a writt in the same town, that they are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Francis H. Pike Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chenango do hereby certify that the foregoing certifies the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elias Linscomb for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13 th day of February 1833—
P. P. Mudd Dep: Clerk

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Elias Frideburg Chenango county New York
c.
Clark & Draper Bainbridge, Chenango Chenango N. York.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
30 th May, 1839
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjunctive notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Elias Frideburg, Chemango County N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1776 1 private Colt Robinson Maj. Van Brunt Col. Peter Livingston Livingston Manor 84 Dutchess Co. N.Y. tradition  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
A. B.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of...
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with and C. D. residing in (the same) years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that he who has signed the application is the person described in the foregoing opinion.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c. proof in his power. This is the _____
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of New-York, } ss. Chenango County, }
Be it known that on this 19 th day of December 185 3 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county, and state aforesaid, personally appeared Gideon Greenbough of Barnesboro county of Chenango and state of New York and made oath in due form of law that his is one of the children of Elias Greenbough now deceased who applied for a Revolutionary pension previous to his death
That he has lately been informed, that said pension ought to be allowed, that he is directly interested in said claim as such child That he makes this affidavit, to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said agent or attorney may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn and subscribed the day } and year aforesaid before me, }
Gideon his Greenbough Mark
J. J. Donaghe Justice of the Peace Merlin Jackson Witness
I J. J. Donaghe a _____ Justice of the Peace, in and for said coun- ty, do hereby certify, that Gideon Greenbough who executed the foregoing papers, is a reputable resident of the county of Chenango and is I believe directly interested in said claim as therein set forth. and I further
STATE OF NEW YORK, Chenango County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, HORACE S. READ, Clerk of said County, do CERTIFY, That J. J. Donaghe Esq., before whom the annexed instrument was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, duly authorized and qualified to take the same. And further: That I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature thereto, purporting to be his, is genuine; and that the said instrument is executed in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official seal, at Norwich, this 29 th day of December 185 3
Horace S. Read Clerk.

State of New-York, } ss. Chenango County, }
Be it known that on this 19 th day of December  1853 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county, and state aforesaid, personally appeared Gideon Greenbough of Barnesboro county of Chenango and state of New York and made oath in due form of law that his is one of the children of Elias Greenbough now deceased who applied for a Revolutionary pension previous to his death
That he has lately been informed, that said pension ought to be allowed, that he is directly interested in said claim as such child That he makes this affidavit, to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said agent or attorney may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn and subscribed the day } and year aforesaid before me, }
Gideon his Greenbough Mark
I J Bonaghe justice of the peace Merlin Jackson Witness
I I J Bonaghe a Justice of the Peace, in and for said coun- ty, do hereby certify, that Gideon Greenbough who executed the foregoing papers, is a reputable resident of the county of Chenango and is I believe directly interested in said claim as therein set forth. and I further certify that the said Gideon Greenbough does not write his name for the reason that he never learned to know how to write
I J Bonaghe justice of the peace

Know all Men by these Presents, That, I Gideon Fredenburgh of Bainbridge Chenango Co New York do hereby constitute and appoint John L. Edwards of Washington City my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute the claim of  my claim as a child of Eliza Greenough to a pension due my Father the aforesaid Eliza Fredenburgh at his decease
and I hereby authorize my said agent and attorney to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the certificate that may be issued for said claim, to appoint one or more substitute for the purpose herein expressed, to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present; hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said agent and attorney shall lawfully do in the premises. And I do hereby revoke all other agents and attorneys heretofore appointed by me.
Witness my hand and seal this 19 th day of December 185 3
Signed and delivered in presence of
Gideon Fredenburgh Mark
Melvin Jackson Cornelius Atherton
State of New-York, } ss. Chenango County, }
BE IT KNOWN that on the 19 th day of December 185 3 before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths,, personally appeared Gideon Fredenburgh above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above
STATE OF NEW YORK, Chenango County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, HORACE S. READ , Clerk of said County, DO CERTIFY, That J. S. Jenayho Esq., before whom the annexed instrument was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, duly authorized and qualified to take the same. And further: That I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature thereto, purporting to be his, is genuine; and that the said instrument is executed in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official seal, at Norwich, this 29 th day of Decem 185 3 .
H. S. Read Clerk.

Know all Men by these Presents, That, I Gideon Fredenburgh of Bainbridge Chenango Co New York do hereby consti- tute and appoint John L. Edmunds of Washington City my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute the claim of my claim as a child of Elias Gideon Fredenburgh a pension due my Father the aforesaid Elias Frederenburgh at his decease
and I hereby authorize my said agent and attorney to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or else where additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the certificate that may be issued for said claim, to appoint one or more substitute for the purpose herein expressed, to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present; hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said agent and attorney shall lawfully do in the premises.
And I do hereby revoke all other agents and attorneys heretofore appointed by me. Witness my hand and seal this 19 th day of December 185 9
Signed and delivered } in presence of }
Gideon his Fredenburgh Mark
Merlin Jackson Cornelius Atterton
State of New-York, } ss. Chenango County, }
BE IT KNOWN that on the 19 th day of December 185 9 before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths,, personally appeared Gideon Fredenburgh above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned. and I further certify that the said Gideon Fredenburgh does not write his name for the reason that he never learned or knew how to write
J. G. Bonaghe justice of the peace

New York
Rev.
Elias Friderburg.
Rejected.
See letter to
Mess rs Clark & Draper
5 Aug t 1832 —
H. R. Meygatt. Apr. 20. 1853
Act 7 Jan y '32.
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Nov 13. 1852
Nov 13 Rel: to case of Elias Frederick dec'd.
Henry R. Maggatt. Deford New York.
Young Division of Probate Washington City. D.C.
Free.

Bedford, Ulverston Co. N. Y.
Nov. 9. 1852.
J. E. Heath Esq.
(Commissioner of Pensions.)
Sir.
Elias Freidenburgh, then of Bainbridge in Ulverston County, was an applicant for a pension under the Act of June 7. 1832. His application was rejected and he died about the year 1840.
His children are now informed that his claim may be established, and that by a former clerk in your office, now residing in Washington.
Said children are wholly ignorant of the service for which their father claimed a pension, except that they were informed by their father that he served during the revolution at Tappanick in Columbia Co.
If consistent with the rules of your office will you please inform me for what service and the years thereof the pension was claimed and for what cause the same was rejected.
And oblige, Yours respectfully,
Henry R. Mygatt.

act July 7 th 1832
Joshua Briggs for Rev. Pension
act June 7 1832
Elias Fidenbury for Rev. Pension
act July 4 1836
Margaret Crawford widow of Joseph
All E.P. Papers - L.P.O.
all New York suspended file
John S. Edmunson

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
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P. O.
Elias Frideburg
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____ REJECTED, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Bainbridge M June 8 th
Sir
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington D.C.
June 13
1871

Rec, 6 July 28, 1838
Messrs Clark & Dressen Counsellors Bainbridge